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Issued Patents

1    Barrett, R., "Method and Apparatus for Sensing and Actuating in a Desired Direction," US Patent No. 5,440,192, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, Issued 8 August 1994. (Licensed)

2    Barrett, R., “Convertible Vertical Take-Off and Landing Miniature Aerial Vehicle,” US Patent 6,502,787, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 22 February 2002. (Licensed)

3    Barrett, R., Corpening, J., and Reasonover, C., “Method and Apparatus for Boundary Layer Reattachment using Piezoelectric Synthetic Jet Actuators,” US Patent 6,796,533, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 28 September 2003.

4. Barrett, R., "Convertible Vertical Take-Off and Landing Miniature Aerial Vehicle, Umwandelbares miniatur-Senkrechtstartluftfahrzeru, Vehicule Aerien Miniature Convertible a Decollage et Atterrissage Verticaux," European Patent Specification EP 1 476 354 B1, published 5 November 2008. 

5    Barrett, R., "(Post-Buckled Precompressed) Actuator," US Patent 7,898,153, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 1 March 2011. (Licensed)

6    Barrett, R., Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., and Rolfe, S., "Apparatus and Method for Enhancement of Connection Performance and Fatigue Detection," US Patent 8,202,378 B2, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 19 June 2012.

7    Barrett, R., Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., and Rolfe, S., "Method of Enhancing the Fatigue Life of a Structure," US Patent 8,343,294 B2, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 1 January 2013.

8    Barrett, R., and Vos, R., "Method and Apparatus for Pressure Adaptive Morphing Structure," European Patent, EP 2459442 A2, June 2012, also US Utility Patent 8,366,057 B2 Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 5 February 2013.

9    Barrett, R., Cravens, S., "Method and Apparatus for Anti-Fouling an Anemometer," US Patent 8,747,563 Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 10 June 2014.

10    Barrett, R., Borys, D., Gladbach, A. and Spalding, A., "Tethered Hovering Platform," US Patent 8,777,157, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 15 July 2014.

11  Barrett, R. M. "Supersonic Hovering Air Vehicle," US Patent 9,004,393, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 14 April 2015.

12   Barrett, R. M., "Radar Energy Absorbing Deformable Low Drag Vortex Generator," US Patent 9,416,802, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 16 August 2016.

13   Barrett, R. M., Bramlette, R., and Honea, B., "Aerial Vehicle," US Patent USD 776571S1 Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 17 January 2017.

14   Barrett, R. M., Bramlette, R., and Honea, B., "Flat Stock Aerial Vehicles," US Patent 9,601,040 Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 21 March 2017.

15   Barrett, R. M., "Radar Energy Absorbing Deformable Low Drag Vortex Generator," US Patent 9,677,580B2 Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 13 June 2017.

16   Barrett, R. M., "Aerial Vehicles and Methods of Use," US Patent 9,878,257 Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 30 January 2018.

17   Barrett, R. M.,  Bramlette, R., and Honea R., "Aerial Vehicle," US Patent D853939 Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 16 July 2019.

18 Barrett, R., Bramlette, R. and Honea, R., "Moveable Member Bearing Aerial Vehicles and Methods of Use," US Patent 10,561,956 B2, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 18 February 2020. 

19 Barrett, R., Schumacher, L., McNamee, P., Haug, J., Mudd, J., Prins, D., Werner, N., "Acoustic Noise Suppressing Ducted Fan Propulsor Mounting Arrangement and Treatments," US Patent 11,767,097 B2, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 26 September 2023. 

20 Barrett, R., Schumacher, L.,"Maneuvering Aeromechanically Stable Sabot System," US Patent 11,852,447, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 26 December 2023. 

21 Barrett, R., "Enhanced Observability Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles and Methods of Use," Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, US Patent 12,145,727, 9 November, 2024.

22 Barrett, R.,  "Aerial Vehicle," Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, US Patent D1050949, 12 November 2024. 

23 Barrett, R. "Aerial Vehicle," Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, US Patent D1052455, November 26, 2024.

24 Barrett, R., Schumacher, L., McNamee, P., Haug, J., Mudd, J., Prins, D., Werner, N., "Acoustic Noise Suppressing Ducted Fan Propulsor Mounting Arrangement and Treatments," US Patent 12,195,167, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 14 January 2025.. 

25 Barrett, R., "Aerial Vehicle," US Patent D1,075,565S, Journal of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Gazette, issued 20 May 2025.

26 Barrett, R., Schumacher, L.,"Maneuvering Aeromechanically Stable Sabot System," European Patent No. 3,959,480, Contracting States:

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR, 7 January 2026. 

Aircraft Design Laboratory Director       and       Adaptive Aerostructures Laboratory director

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